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On the recordAugust 1, 2005
Clearly, it was a decision the CIA made. And they made it because, again, I had spent a lot of time with the most senior officials in Niger over the previous decade, and developed a considerable amount of credibility with them.
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Joe Wilson
Republican · South Carolina

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Wilson explains the CIA's decision to send him to Niger for investigation.

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